Incubator boat sets sail on San Francisco Bay

The Maritol Icebreaker left Pier 50 for the first time in years this weekend with one mission: to prove it could.

The 135-foot ferry serves as an incubator for a dozen small companies, according to a report from CBS San Francisco. Its “passengers” pay in equity instead of rent. The Icebreaker struck trouble last summer, when the Port of San Francisco issued an eviction notice, saying people can’t live on a boat at Pier 50 and that any such boat has to be fully operational.

CBS San Francisco filmed the ferry’s 45-minute cruise on San Francisco Bay.